Agencies have several requirements related to a public inventory of their datasets coming up at the end of the month. Federal data leaders are sharing strategies.
National Science Foundation Chief AI Officer Dorothy Aronson participates in a panel discussion at AI Talks on April 18, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Scoop News Group photo)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (right) and the department’s chief data and artificial intelligence Officer, Matthew Graviss (left), spoke to department employees about artificial intelligence capabilities in June. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 07: Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) speaks at a press conference alongside U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) about the Senate Democrats expanded majority for the next 118th Congress at the U.S. Capitol Building. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
The Chief Data Officers Council would be required to report to Congress on best practices for data management related to emerging technology and AI, among other things.
A program that began in 2022 is placing chief data officers in State Department bureaus to lead the strategic direction of data and artificial intelligence for those…